Schumer Calls on EPA to Abandon Fuel Mileage Rollback

With Upstate New York gas prices hovering around their highest levels in the past four years, Senator Charles Schumer is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to abandon plans to roll back a rule requiring automakers to nearly double the fuel economy of passenger vehicles, to an average of more than 50 miles per gallon.

Schumer accused EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt of being beholden to the oil industry. While admitting the fuel economy rule is a long term solution, he urged President Trump to help in the short term by leaning on Russia and OPEC members to increase fuel production, which would help to lower the price at the pump.

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